Keep Your Facebook Photo Albums Safe From Printing

I received an email from A.J. Wood about how photographers who use Facebook to advertise and showcase their photos, can also have those photos printed by their Facebook friends using Facebook Connect. Stores like Walmart, Walgreens and Target are allowing these photos to be printed, but you can change your Facebook settings to keep this from happening.

Be careful what you post on Facebook or anywhere on the Internet. While it’s not fair, your work could show up anywhere. Know the rules regarding copyrighted materials and learn how to protect your photos. Visit the link below to learn how to keep Facebook users from printing your photos.

Prevent Walmart Printing of Your Facebook Photo Albums

Posted: July 28th, 2010
at 12:29am by theo.johnson

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DDPMG: Outdoor Portrait 101 Shots

This weekend I took a Photography 101: Basic Outdoor Portrait Class at the Downtown Plano Dart Station. The class was taught by Darryl Briggs, organizer of the Dallas Digital Photography Meetup Group.

It was the first time, I’d been able to attend a photo meetup. The class was made up of pros and enthusiasts, so it was cool to see some of the gear the pros were carrying around. After about an hour class, we started taking photos of a local area model. The weather was nice, but we had a slight overcast, so I really didn’t get to practice taking outdoor portraits in direct sunlight. It was good that we were able to practice right after the class, because the information was still fresh in our heads.

I used my Nikkor 50mm 1.8 and the Nikkor 55-200mm for the photos below. I shot in RAW which came in handy because the original version second photo was extremely overblown. I tried a couple of things to save it and came out with the high contrast black and white.

Overall, I have to say I’m pleased with the results. It gives me a little confidence to go out and find more people (other than my kids) to photograph. As time permits, I’ll definitely be going to other meetups and will post the photos here.

Posted: May 24th, 2010
at 1:04pm by theo.johnson

Categories: Black&White,Events,Model,Outdoors

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Nice Day for Basketball

It was really nice outdoors yesterday, so I decided to take the boys to the park after school. My oldest son is showing some interest in playing basketball and I wanted to give him a little practice time. Whenever I see either one of them interested in something sports or arts related, I try to find ways to slowly expose them to more of it.

While he was shooting, I decided to get some shots of my own.

Posted: May 7th, 2010
at 7:14am by theo.johnson

Categories: Action,Family,Outdoors

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Random Pics

I have tons of pics and it’s funny how I can see a completely different way of editing a picture when I take my time to really look over them. Here are some pictures I took during Easter. Our neighborhood homeowners association had an easter egg hunt for the kids and we took the boys to get out of the house.

The two black & white photos are some I took while we were out for another day at the park. In these economic times, the park is a great way for them to have fun and stay out of my wallet at the same time.

Posted: April 27th, 2010
at 6:14am by theo.johnson

Categories: Action,Black&White,Family,Outdoors

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Afternoon Playtime

I took the boys to the park to get them tired before bedtime. I don’t think it worked too well, but they were able to get some good exercise. They move around so much and that it’s hard to get decent shots. Here are a couple from the bunch that I liked.

The more photos I take outdoors, the more I see the need to use a flash to get rid of shadows. I still need a course on flash photography.